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July 23, 1920
Pullman Herald
Pullman, Whitman County, Washington
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Article explains that dreaming is essential for relieving psychological urges during sleep, countering the idea that sleep is merely for rest. Psychoanalyst Andre Tridon states the body works continuously, but dreams fulfill wishes. Example: Napoleon slept more when his ambitions were thwarted.
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NO SLEEP WITHOUT DREAMS
Hours of Unconsciousness Filled With Them, Though We May Not Always Remember It.
Dreaming is no vain and idle sluggard's game, Solomon to the contrary notwithstanding. It's because you need to dream that you go to bed nights. You've probably been laboring under the absolute impression that it is for the sake of rest that you spend a third of your life in sleep.
"Absurd," says Andre Tridon, New York psychoanalyst, according to the Evening Sun of that city. "Every branch of your complex, busy organism is on the job 24 hours a day. Your heart never rests; neither do your lungs nor liver nor brain cells. But you do need to dream, because only so can the ordinary man relieve all his 'urges.'"
Napoleon Bonaparte had things all his own way for a spell, and just so long he guided the world's destiny in no sleepy style without being abed more than two hours a night. But when the world balked at gratifying longer his will to dominate, dammed up his ego urge in St. Helena, he slept ten hours a day. That is, he dreamed that long daily.
To sleep is to dream, whether or not you remember anything about it next morning. You dream continuously, at an amazing speed rate, all the while you're unconscious, and every dream acts out, dramatizes, one of your wishes, gratifies an urge.
Hours of Unconsciousness Filled With Them, Though We May Not Always Remember It.
Dreaming is no vain and idle sluggard's game, Solomon to the contrary notwithstanding. It's because you need to dream that you go to bed nights. You've probably been laboring under the absolute impression that it is for the sake of rest that you spend a third of your life in sleep.
"Absurd," says Andre Tridon, New York psychoanalyst, according to the Evening Sun of that city. "Every branch of your complex, busy organism is on the job 24 hours a day. Your heart never rests; neither do your lungs nor liver nor brain cells. But you do need to dream, because only so can the ordinary man relieve all his 'urges.'"
Napoleon Bonaparte had things all his own way for a spell, and just so long he guided the world's destiny in no sleepy style without being abed more than two hours a night. But when the world balked at gratifying longer his will to dominate, dammed up his ego urge in St. Helena, he slept ten hours a day. That is, he dreamed that long daily.
To sleep is to dream, whether or not you remember anything about it next morning. You dream continuously, at an amazing speed rate, all the while you're unconscious, and every dream acts out, dramatizes, one of your wishes, gratifies an urge.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Medical Curiosity
What keywords are associated?
Dreaming
Sleep
Psychoanalysis
Urges
Napoleon
St Helena
What entities or persons were involved?
Andre Tridon
Napoleon Bonaparte
Where did it happen?
New York
Story Details
Key Persons
Andre Tridon
Napoleon Bonaparte
Location
New York
Story Details
Psychoanalyst Andre Tridon explains that sleep involves continuous dreaming to relieve urges, as the body never rests. Napoleon slept briefly during his rise but longer in exile, dreaming to fulfill his ego.